"It's a mess," Mayor Greg Erosenko said. "I'm not even sure where to go. It's a shame. It's embarrassing."

In a letter to Solicitor Bruce Dice, Jeffrey Silka said that an ultimatum was given by some council members to fire Police Chief Doug Cole or be voted out of his own job. (MORE: Read the letter)

Silka told Dice in the letter that he would submit his resignation if he got six months of salary and benefits as severance. In exchange, Silka agreed to waive his rights to have a public hearing or pursue any legal action.

According to Silka's letter, there was a meeting on Jan. 17 with council members Diane Allison, Lois Drumheller and Clarence Ramsey in his office. He wrote, "Mrs. Allison at that meeting voiced that the majority of council had no confidence in Chief Cole and I need to remove him. She then gave the ultimatum that if I did not remove him, I would be removed. She made me repeat this statement to make certain that I understood what she stated."

Erosenko said there was an incident where medical information went out from dispatch about an EMS call at a local home. The assistant police chief and Allison say privacy laws were violated and the police chief should be held accountable, but Erosenko said the solicitor made it clear there was no HIPAA violation, so the manager went against Allison's wishes and did not go after Cole.

Allison told Channel 4 Action News that the manager refused to even investigate, and that's why he was given an ultimatum to remove the chief.

"He had no choice but to resign, or they would have fired him -- and if they would have fired him, he would have had no severance," Erosenko said. "This man moved from Johnstown, Pa., here to Monroeville within the first couple weeks of being hired. His young son is in our middle school. He moved his family here. The man literally had no choice but to accept the resignation with the conditions."

The mayor says two police officers complained last year that the assistant chief intimated that he would shoot them. Both officers filed complaints, but nothing has happened. Some say that's because the assistant chief is friends with Allison, who is the deputy mayor and heads the council majority and is married to a police officer.

"My belief is that they want to remove Chief Cole to put the assistant chief into the chief position," Erosenko said. "Mrs. Allison has made it perfectly clear she wants her husband promoted to detective -- and taking the friendship between the assistant chief and Mrs. Allison, that's not out of the realm."

Allison says that's nonsense. She said the rules of civil service do not allow promotions based on personal relationships.

"I just hope that, with this interview going out, that somebody maybe at the county or state level will help us get this resolved on this issue in our police department," Erosenko said. "You've got to remember, under our rules, four beats three. We've tried -- the three other council members and myself -- to get this issue resolved, but to no avail. And they're very much protected by Mrs. Allison and the other three members that vote with her regularly."